Training 7: Advanced Concepts

Question 1

types of conflict

Answer 1

1) approach-approach
2) avoidance-avoidance
3) approach-avoidance

Question 2

approach approach conflict

Answer 2

conflict resulting from being drawn to two equally reinforcing but mutually incompatible goals

Question 3

approach approach conflict example

Answer 3

bob wanting to be at station but also wanting to look at the ladies through the fence

Question 4

avoidance avoidance conflict

Answer 4

conflict resulting from being repelled by two undesirable goals when there are strong pressures to choose one or the other

Question 5

avoidance avoidance conflict example

Answer 5

people getting in for a catch and then a net also being placed in if they won’t submit

Question 6

approach avoidance conflict

Answer 6

conflict resulting from an animal wanting something but is afraid to choose it - conflict between desire and fear

Question 7

approach avoidance conflict example

Answer 7

Zo pops up wanting to beach but once being asked she gets nervous and won’t

Question 8

learned helplessness

Answer 8

condition created by exposure to inescapable aversive events which can retard or prevent learning in subsequent situations in which escape or avoidance is possible

Question 9

desensitization

Answer 9

process of using time or experience to change an animals perception of a stimulus from a value of either reinforcing or punishing to having no value/neutral

Question 10

active desensitization

Answer 10

counter conditioning

Question 11

passive desensitization

Answer 11

habituation

Question 12

counter conditioning

Answer 12

process where normal defense reactions elicited by an aversive stimulus are modified by association with a positive reinforcer

Question 13

counter conditioning example

Answer 13

blood approx: positive reinforcement after needle

Question 14

habituation

Answer 14

lessening or disappearance of a response to a stimulus with repeated presentations of the stimulus

Question 15

satiation

Answer 15

when a reinforcer loses effectiveness as a result of being overused

Question 16

stereotypic behavior

Answer 16

undesirable repetitive behavior that is enacted by an organism generally as a result of anxiety and/or lack of stimulation

Question 17

stereotypic behavior examples

Answer 17

1) self destructive behavior
2) pacing
3) regurgitation

Question 18

methods to reduce stereotypic behavior

Answer 18

1) ID possible causes, precursors, occurrence, and other details
2) prevention: protect against triggers/stressors and proactively provide stimulation
3) implement DRL or DRD schedule of reinforcement (theoretically)

Question 19

conditioned emotional response

Answer 19

state of mind we wish to achieve with animals during husbandry behaviors - totally calm regardless of what is happening

Question 20

what should animals do when being trained husbandry behaviors?

Answer 20

• lean in not pull away
• should be easy to preform

Question 21

how much should husbandry behaviors be trained?

Answer 21

beyond the necessary threshold

Question 22

factors of concept/research training

Answer 22

• diff way of thinking/training/learning
• effects of reinforcement
• prompting
• true understanding = application to novel scenarios

Question 23

factors of gating

Answer 23

• simply an A to B behavior
• balance reinforcement (e.g. make reinforcement equal in both the front and back lagoon)
• train and maintain variable incompatible behaviors
• reinforce only when gate is closed (end goal)

Question 24

factors of separations

Answer 24

• involve a social component of 2+ animals
• avoid consistent/predictable separations
• avoid long term separations within social groups and consistent end of day separations
• build reinforcement histories with each separation
• group contingency

Question 25

listen to your animal by paying attention to

Answer 25

1) body language
2) high probability behavior
3) preferences
4) patterns